lolder Report post Posted June 20, 2014 It's been mentioned that one should be getting better mileage "if you live in the warmth". Is there a point where heat (a/c use) negatively affects mpg?I live in "balmy" southern NV. where temps are already close to 100, and in the summer regularly top 110.I expect that in early spring, late fall and winter, our temps would be considered living "in the warmth" as daytime highs range from the 70's to mid 80's.(The lease on our '11 MKS expires in a few months and we look forward to getting an MKZ hybrid.)I think 90-95 yields the max mpg but the length of the trip is important. Trying to cool down a heat soaked car even in the 80's on short trips is a killer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeff_h Report post Posted June 20, 2014 You. were. wrong.I admit it, back when I had the SE Hybrid I would just post pics from 'short' trips like the below - the car was barely able to hit that 47, and by several of those flukes the lifetime showed 50.9 over 35k miles when I sold it. I'm no 'expert' but was able to get good results with the 2013 SE Hybrid. When I saw posts from those struggling with MPG I'd see if the member's location was listed, and if in VA I sent PMs on either 3 or 4 occasions to those members asking if they would like to get together and drive both of our cars on the same around-town trips under the exact same conditions and check the differences (and then drive each others' car again on the same course for comparison) - not to claim that I could have gotten great results with their cars since there truly may have been something wrong with those VINs but rather to get that direct comparison. Sadly, of those 3 or 4 offers there were zero takers, and one of those was our old friend Fynack and I sure wanted to drive his car since he claimed very poor numbers. But oh well, all one can do is offer. Sorry about your frustrating experiences, I had great experiences with my hybrid and tried to help others with noting methods that tended to yield good results for me, as I believe to also be the case with others here whose cars have yielded good results but never made the claim to be 'experts'. 5 corncobs, keybman, ptjones and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites